The Plattner Story and Others
| First published | 1897 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Methuen |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Pages | vii+301 |
| Price | 6/- |
17 stories, 1894 to 1896
This collection from Methuen in the UK and Thirty Strange Stories from Edwin Arnold in the US were simultaneous publications (in two 1895-05-01 advertisements viewed, "Immediately" and "Ready To-day"). All 17 Plattner stories are among the Thirty, with 10 of 15 stories from The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (Methuen, 1895) and three not collected in the UK.
• No statement of printing on copyright page
• Price from Tuck
• An OCLC record notes the month from a publisher's catalogue in the back of the book
This is the source edition for Project Gutenberg Ebook #42989 (see). The ebook (viewed in HTML format) begins with a front cover image: design as displayed here, nearly maroon in hue. It accurately represents all front material including layout.
HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy with original cover:
-- front cover: gold lettering on maroon cloth
-- title page
-- stories span p1-301; printer statement p[302]
-- 40 back pages (images 317-56): "A Catalogue of Books and Announcements of Methuen and Company ..." (header) and (first-page footer) "March 1897"
Full title and subtitle "In the Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story" appear only on page 224, with short title "In the Modern Vein" in the Contents list.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | The Plattner Story | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 29 | The Argonauts of the Air | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 47 | The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 71 | In the Abyss | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 94 | The Apple | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 106 | Under the Knife | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 126 | The Sea-Raiders | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 142 | Pollock and the Porroh Man | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 165 | The Red Room | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 179 | The Cone | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 196 | The Purple Pileus | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 213 | The Jilting of Jane | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 224 | In the Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 239 | A Catastrophe | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 252 | The Lost Inheritance | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 262 | The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 274 | A Slip Under the Microscope | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| The Plattner Story and Others |
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1900 | Tauchnitz | Paperback | Collection | 294 | ||
| The Plattner Story and Others |
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2013 | Forgotten Books | Trade Paperback | Collection | 350 | ||
| The Plattner Story and Others |
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2013 | Project Gutenberg | eBook | Collection | 42989 | ||
| The Plattner Story and Others |
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2018 | Outlook Verlag | Hardcover | Collection | 184 | ||
| The Plattner Story and Others |
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2023 | IndoEuropeanPublishing | Trade Paperback | Collection | 228 |